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The program is designed for students planning to pursue a higher-level degree in Accounting as well as to prepare the student for employment as an entry-level accountant, bookkeeper or general accounting clerk. The program is designed to provide the student with an intensive background in general accounting procedures and principles, business principles and automated accounting procedures. The program includes a thirty-nine credit-hour component of general education/liberal arts courses. FNU awards an Associate of Arts Degree in Accounting upon graduation.

Program type

Associate

Credit Hours

61 hours

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Student Achievement Data

Business Division 2021-2023 Student Achievement – Graduation based on 1.5 completion time. 2021 2022 2023
Accounting and Business Academic Programs Goal Actual % Goal Actual % Goal Actual %
Accounting, Associate of Arts 19 13 68.4 16 12 75.0 9 4 44.4
Business Administration, Associate of Arts 22 15 68.2 16 6 37.5 28 15 53.6
Accounting, Bachelor in Science 5 4 80.0 9 7 77.8 3 1 33.3
Business Administration, Bachelor in Science 24 14 58.3 22 19 86.4 9 7 77.8
Master of Business Administration 27 20 74.1 29 21 72.4 24 21 87.5
2023 Performance Expectations for Student Achievement Accounting, Associate of Arts
Business and IT Student Achievement Measures 2021 2022 2023
Retention 42% 46% 78%
Job placement rates 84% 68% 75%
Acceptance into graduate programs 32% 18% 18%
* No graduated students during the period ** No graduates pursuing graduate levels

General Education
(35 Credits)

Student Life Skills (1 Credit) Credit Hours
SLS 1501
College Study Skills
1
English and Communications (9 Credits) Credit Hours
ENC 1101
English Composition I
3
ENC 1102
English Composition II
3
SPC 1017
Fundamentals of Oral Communications
3
Humanities (6 Credits) Credit Hours
 
Any Two Humanities Courses
6
Social Science (6 Credits) Credit Hours
ECO 2013
Principles of Macroeconomics
3
 
Any Social Science Course
3
Natural Science (3 Credits) Credit Hours
 
Any Natural Science Course
3
Mathematics (7 Credits) Credit Hours
MAC 1105
College Algebra I
3
STA 2014
Introduction to Statistics
4
Information Literacy (3 Credits) Credit Hours
CGS 1030
Introduction to Information Technology
3

Core Requirements
(26 Credits)

Courses Credit Hours
ACG 2003
Principles of Accounting I
3
ACG 2003L
Principles of Accounting I Lab
1
ACG 2004
Principles of Accounting II
3
ACG 2004L
Principles of Accounting II Lab.
1
ACG 2071
Managerial Accounting
3
BUL 2131
Business Law
3
ECO 2023
Principles of Microeconomics
3
BUS 2505
End of Program Assessment
 
GEB 2430
Business Ethics & Social Responsibility
3
TAX 2000
Income Tax Accounting
3
CGS 2511
Spreadsheet Applications for Business
3
An Associate of Arts program is a two-year course of study that covers the core materials needed to complete the first two years of a four-year bachelor’s degree.